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Ex: Kéḷan nallavan; Ráman jayichchu (= Ráman conquered).
In these 'nallavan' (= a good man) and 'jayichchu' (= conquered)
are the predicates.

227. Is not a third member sometimes necessary in a
sentence?

i.) If the predicate is a transitive verb, a word to
express the object (that which suffers the action) is
necessary.

Ex: Saumitri vítihótrane jvalippichchitu (= Saumitri kindled
the sacrificial fire).

ii.) If the predicate is a noun, the copula may be added
as part of the predicate. The copula is some part of
the verb 'ákunnu' (be, become) or its negative 'alla'.

Ex: Kéḷan nallavan 'ákunnu' (= Kélan is a good man).

228. What is the agent?

The agent is the word which expresses the doer of the
action shewn by the verb. (As the agent is generally
made the nominative to the verb, the subject is some-
times called the agent).

Ex: Saumitri vítihotrane jvalippichchitu (= Saumitri kindled
the sacriticial fire); in this, the subject 'Saumitri' is also the
agent.

229. Is the agent always the subject?

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